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No DHCP IP assigned
Name: LaChops Date: December 30, 2005 at 08:14:31 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: P3 750/256
Comment:
I have been having a strange problem with a IBM laptop. Firstly it had the no connectivity bug which i think i fixed, but now no IP addresses are being assigned in DHCP.
I have tried 2 different NIC's, and both worked when i ran a live Linux cd.
So the problem is within Windows, i have checked that the DHCP service is running and also tried static IP address which didn't work either.
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